Yes there were a lot of companies missing (Mazda, Daihatsu, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, Pioneer/Carrozzeria, Alpine, Top Secret, Mugen & Petronas just off the top of my head), a lot of the ones there had much smaller booths or partnered up with other companies in their small booths. Race queens were working shifts, not manning their booths full time and lot of folks didn't have race queens. The magazines seemed to have bigger booths and cars from folks that had big displays in '07 &'08. Much wider aisles and the food stands were in the open this year. The Gran Turismo booth was on the floor this year it was up on the concourse in '07/'08. Still a good show, this year's theme seemed to be dress up/trick out your hybrid, there were the four door Porsches, the new Camaros, lots of tuned R35 GTRs and R34 GTRs/Skylines. Hopefully the economy turns around and next year will be more normal.
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